Arsenal rout Fulham

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The MIGHTY Arsenal powered through to another win, climbing the table to crazy nosebleed heights. Yes people, we are 4th, a mere two points off the top of the table and it’s October. Wow, wow, wow!

There was a lot to enjoy from our trip to Craven Cottage, firstly, Emery rotated his squad hard leaving key names like Ramsey and Auba on the bench. Mesut Ozil didn’t even make the squad for some reason. Surely he’s not ducking Fulham away? I know it’s only minor, but Wenger really was poor at rotating his squads. He played the same team over and over in the league, which led to December breakdowns. It was great to see our manager trust some of the fringe players, and the gamble paid off.

Same story, a first half that wasn’t really much to write home about. We took the lead when Lacazette made space for himself and scored on the turn. We then slipped up just before halftime after Nacho Monreal gave the ball away, Schurlle took the chance, chipping Leno.

The second half we really found our feet. Lacazette scored a second with a blistering shot from about 25 yards. Things started getting sexy when Auba and Ramsey came onto the pitch. The Welshman scored an unbelievable goal that broke from our goal area. There was a sexy backheel from Bellerin, there was a header from Ramsey. A beautiful swept pass from Mikhi. Topped off with a perfect back of the heel finish. Goal of the month contender without doubt!

If that’s what peak Emeryball looks like, feed me it to me all day long.

There was still time for Auba to bang in two goals. One came from a tight angle in the box. The other was him breezing onto a through ball.

5-1 was a rout. Fulham really did get outclassed and outworked in the second half. I think what was most satisfying about it was simple: we should sweep sides away like that, and we did.

There were still concerns. We’re porous at the back. Fulham had some great chances in the first half, easily getting in behind us. Lucky for us, they had an off day in front of goal. However, outside a few dodgy moments, our midfield looked very good. Torreira and Xhaka looked very comfortable sitting at the base. Arsenal reverted to a 4-4-2 for this match, which looked like a 4-2-2-2 at times. We looked at ease, and that was resting three of our best players.

The keeper is growing in confidence, he made a really good save in the first half, and his skill on the ball really is exciting to watch. The defence looks more comfortable with him at the back, let’s hope he keeps the confidence going so there’s no way back for Cech.

Lacazette was excellent again. He’s such a grafter up front. What he lacks in physical presence he more than makes up for by being a constant pain in the backside. His two finished were world class. More to come from him as the season cranks on.

Finally, it was great to hear the fans sing ‘we’ve got our Arsenal back.’ I found it super weird that a section of the fanbase were up in arms about that song, because for once, it seems the fanbase are unified behind the direction of the club. People are happy, the team is winning, and the club is progressing in the right direction. Top 4 feels like a realistic target this year. Let’s just hope Mourinho stays at United past December, and let’s keep ’em crossed Spurs continue to look average.

9 wins on the bounce. The head of steam is gathering. We’re going to be in good shape for that Liverpool game if we can tighten the backline.

 

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Ivan

Geez some of you extremes are really boring the shit out of rest of us. Leave Wenger in his earned retirement and enjoy new era. For now Emery is such a pleasent surprise. When news broke out about his apointment i felt it was a bland Arsenal like choice, and we didnt make any upgrade on what we had. Friens who is manu fan told me that i could get surprised and man was right. 4 now Emery does all the right things. He created conpetition for places. Instilled basic style of play and put some of our hotheaded stars… Read more »

Champagne Charlie

Leeds

Jan is huge imo, our summer window was poor and it will go a long way to defining the rest of our season.

60m per annum with Adidas to come so you’ll have to do me a favour if there’s any talk of us having no money available. Ramsey out, Welbz extended depending, Elneny I’d like sold.

More important to the outs (bar Ramsey) is the ins, we need a winger who can be a winger, and another Cm for me to give us a four way challenge with Torreira/Guen/Xhaka and possibly Bangega for a bit of experience?

PessimisticPat

Yeah could be a lot worse china i agree.

Dailycannon normally do that list for every international break if you’re interested in future.

Gutted i missed the game yesterday, fucking family taking my spare time, wankers. Will watch a replay tonight.

Champagne Charlie

China

Works both ways. Those that brought nothing but criticism and contempt for Wenger suddenly get their morning sun from Emery’s hole and cast aspersions on anyone pointing out where we could improve.

Stefano14

No China if you take your ‘the sunshine’s out of Emerys arsehole’ tinted glasses you’ll see that most of these posters call things as they saw and see them. They criticised Wengers team selections, tactics amd results and they’re doing the same with Emery. The only difference from what I’m gathering they didn’t spit vitriol at every opportunity at Wenger, when he was only trying to his job but quite clearly wasn’t up to it anymore. Correct me if I’m wrong but weren’t you one of the cunts that withdrew his support and stop supporting the arsenal? You don’t need… Read more »

Marko

You fat fuck face shit. Brilliant. On those shots faced stat I honestly wouldn’t worry too much about it. Sure there’s still a lot of improvement needed especially on the defensive side of the game but I count at least two or three games recently where by and large we’ve actually defended somewhat decent and restricted the opposition to pop shots from distance or they’ve only got in when we’ve made an obvious which can happen when you have players like Xhaka Bellerin and Mustafi in the defensive side of the team. In saying that there is or at least… Read more »

Redtruth

Thenry
“But we were in trouble when wenger came we just came out of a scandal involving George graham.”

We had just recruited Bergkamp long before anyone had heard of Wenger…mupoet lol

China

Excuse me stefano but I was told to shut up and support the team, that I was a plastic fan who should fuck off to city, that criticism from fans like me was why arsenal were doing worse (toxic atmosphere init), so frankly I don’t have time for your revisionism As for emery, I’ve publically said improvement areas I think he should made after pretty much every game. I also said I’ve set low expectations for the first post wenger season and meanwhile we’ve won 9 in a row so why exactly why I be aggressively critiquing him? There’s room… Read more »

Emiratesstroller

Today’s sponsorship announcement with Adidas is very good news. There appears to be some variation in the annual amount. Most have suggested £60 million but the Guardian states the deal is £65 million pa. So when you add this figure to Emirates [£40 million pa] and Ruanda [reputedly £10 million pa] we have got commercial revenues of at least £110 million excluding all the smaller sponsorship deals. Assuming that Arsenal qualify for Champions League which would add at least another £25 million to our budget the club should be able to spend at least £135 million in next year’s transfer… Read more »

Redtruth

The AKB’s l, the fence sitters and the anti-protesters are the skeptics while the genuine fans are fully behind Emery.

Marko

Jan is huge imo, our summer window was poor and it will go a long way to defining the rest of our season.

Not sure I’d say poor

ddkingz

wenger should have resigned, retired as well a long time ago….

but the old cunt thought he knew best when he wasn’t delivering any to the club rather top 4…he made us a top4 club rather than title contenders…

wenger made the worst call, ever made by a manager when he decided to extend his contract by two years when he could has retired after back 2 back fa cup wins…..

got greedy with power and couldn’t imagine life with it….

he was strangling arsenal by the neck and every WOB knows that…

China

You’re damn straight I withdrew my support

My club didn’t give a fuck about the fans, why should the fans suck it up?

If your wife cheated on you would you stand by her for all time just because she’s your wife or would you say enough is enough?

Fans and clubs need each other. Arsenal liked to believe that they existed in a parallel universe recently where the fans can go fuck themselves. I won’t make apologies for detesting that

Marko

The Adidas deal is huge next summer should be even better.

Don

Its taken you 9 wins in a row to jump on the Emery bandwagon.Some of us were on it from day 1.Emery is a top class manager,You dont get the PSG job unless you are.But you wanted no experience Arteta to take over the shambles Wenger left us in
I am loving this season if feels like 1986 when George took over. Everyone is behind the manager after the disasters of Wenger

Redtruth

Emiratesstroller

Let’ not forget the role you played in Wenger’s longevity at the the club.

Ivan

Got to love this ManU “Legends”.

Didnt like our overly suppportive ex player backong up Wenger when ot was obvious that critique was in order but this is just hilarious.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/neville-urges-man-utd-to-follow-liverpool-model-offer/7umd8segdd621jlcylnb3u9mq

Mou is doing the best Arsene Wenger fail impression ever and this thick cunt is proffesing support 4 him.

Long may it continue

China

Neville has a point about utd senior management being a shambles but we all know he’s stopped criticizing managers ever since he crashes and burned because he knows how it feels to be that guy lol

Stefano14

China

So you withdrew your support and stopped posting is that correct?

Again this is a rhetorical question so don’t bother replying.

Dissenter

Pedro should shut the site down during international breaks.
All you’ll have here is just petty knife fights
14 days till Arsenal’s next game.
God give me strength

Champagne charlie

“You’re damn straight I withdrew my support”

*facepalm*

China

Outside of my wife buying us tickets to a preseason match, where someone almost attacked me and her for shouting wenger out one time (you guys are the best), yeah I entirely withdrew my support and wished for any and all failures to mount until it would force a meaningful change.

As for posting here, I don’t think you need to be supportive to post on here. God knows morons like you do it

Champagne charlie

Dissenter

You were on here yesterday quipping at Pierre, are you on your pedestal today?

China

Lol @ you guys with such low self esteem that you feel obligated to accept whatever the club does, however badly they treat their fans

Maybe one day the club will go out you with a complimentary n1 fan t shirt. Makes bending over for eternity whilst Stan, Ivan and Arsène were laughing worth it

Leedsgunner

China I actually would respectfully disagree with you that the summer was poor. I initially thought so but I’ve had a reconsideration. As I said in the previous thread, although it’s very early in the season, Emery is showing himself to be quite an astute man manager. All the players he has brought in, he has used them skillfully to blend into the team. Furthermore, he is revitalising key players like Özil and Bellerin and even Xhaka looks better with Torreira beside him. Iwobi looks fantastic and our best youngsters like ESR are being nurtured by being given time which… Read more »

Stefano14

China

‘You’re damn straight I withdrew my support’

And some cunts on here wonder why other football fans think arsenal supporter are a joke.

‘If your wife cheated on you would you stand by her for all time just because she’s your wife or would you say enough is enough?’

Arsenal didn’t cheat on me you weird cunt. Have a word with your wife mate if this is something underlying things are best talked about.
Isn’t that why you married a Chinese girl? Generally submissive, won’t complain, won’t cheat? Major fail if you can’t keep that in check son.

China

Leeds bro I’ve not gone hard on our summer so you must be mistaking me for someone else

I’m reasonably pleased with papa. Guen looks good, torreira a great signing. Light good for Bellerin. Leno I’m not sure but he’s playing well at the moment

Outside of spending a lot more or flogging Ramsey/ozil etc it was a reasonable summer imo

Leedsgunner

Sorry China

The @ 1228 post was respectfully meant for Champagne Charlie 😉

Stefano14

China

‘Lol @ you guys with such low self esteem that you feel obligated to accept whatever the club does, however badly they treat their fans’

The fact that you equate low self esteem to supporting the club you are supposed to love is telling. It says more about you as a person.

Your club is your club no matter what happens. Its unconditional through the good and the bad but I didn’t think this ever has to be explained to any football supporter.

China

If you paid a penny for the shit show you were gleefully served for the last 10 years then yes I’m afraid you were cheated on by your club The constant lies in the early years about being in the market for top players just to get season ticket holders to sign up. The constant story changes that there was money, then when we got criticized, there wasn’t money. Ivan telling us he couldn’t find anyone better. We could be here all day. You’ve taken an absolute shafting, sir. And you’re sitting there with a bleeding asshole wearing your n1… Read more »

ddkingz

Leedsgunner….
what’s that long script you wrote…
or is that our second post on this blog today…

Ivan

China

Their board threw good 300-400 mil for Mou to strenghten his team.

They did it with Lvg too. With that obscene amount of spending i wouldnt bet against AW to become competitive (not that he would ever spend it).

They even put Sanchez on his obscene contract only to allow Mou get one on Pep allthough they didnt need him.

Neville getting burned as manager happened beacuse hes not smart enough to it.

Being thick pundit is about his level.

N5

“Don’t worry we AKB’s are waiting to shove all the shit down your throats”

Which prove you are an Arsene fan and not Arsenal meaning your opinion holds zero weight!

China

Yeah Ivan utd spent more than enough but they’ve still been classless in how they’ve handled sackings and even the public embarrassment of mou this summer

I don’t sympathize with mou, as it’s great to see him suffer, but the club should’ve been having those conversations with him in private not letting him think he could sign players then shafting him

PessimisticPat

Yeah China.

Stefanouruguayanpitpullbittercuntcursessalot is right. You should love the club unconditionally no matter if they do fuck all about being shit, lie to the fans or indulge a past it managers control freak tendencies, all of which have put us years away from challenging for the league title again.

But yeah your club is your club.

Follow them blindly.
Support every decision they make regardless whether it is good or not.
Tolerate their lies.
Tolerate their inadequacy.
Shout down anyone who wants better or protests………
Because your club is your club.

Moron

Stefano14

China ‘If you paid a penny for the shit show you were gleefully served for the last 10 years then yes I’m afraid you were cheated on by your club. The constant lies in the early years about being in the market for top players just to get season ticket holders to sign up. The constant story changes that there was money, then when we got criticized, there wasn’t money. Ivan telling us he couldn’t find anyone better. We could be here all day.’ Getting a season ticket is optional. You don’t have to have one. You don’t you live… Read more »

Marko

And some cunts on here wonder why other football fans think arsenal supporter are a joke

Let’s be honest here we were a joke because of Arsene

Dissenter

CC I don’t have a pedestal My initial grouse was with Unai na for his strange nostalgia of Wilshere. Pierre is the one who unravelled and melted like a snow flake. There’s banter and then there’s the righteous know-all attitude that Pierre often displays. I’ve always defended Pierre’s right to be critical of Emery.. I just wish he had been so critical and analytic of Wenger’s recent failings. You may have missed the points where Pierre used to call people fake fans because they criticized Ozil and Wenger only for him to step in and salvage Ramsey in the same… Read more »

Bob

2018 Ballon d’Or nominees?
Any English players in the list?

Champagne charlie

Leeds

Still poor for me. Ramsey should’ve been dealt with, Welbz too, but beyond that we haven’t got the types of players to play to the system Emery is insistent on playing. Pace at the back is not there, balance in the middle is not there, width really not there.

Going on a good run of results doesnt abolish the setup from summer in my eyes, we should be better equipped and we’re not. Which is why how we handle Jan is of utmost importance for me, and i hope we manage to eke out the results until then.

N5

I had a season ticket right until the last season and was told numerous times I was part of the problem. But I stopped when I got fed up. I still supported the club and still went to the odd game! But I didn’t have the same passion.

I’ve been a supporter since 1979 so can see the point from both sides.

I’ll be gooner until I die! But I don’t always enjoy it!

Stefano14

Fuck off pat

‘Follow them blindly.
Support every decision they make regardless whether it is good or not.
Tolerate their lies.
Tolerate their inadequacy.
Shout down anyone who wants better or protests………’

Haven’t said or agreed with absolutely any of the above.

Only a child or an immature adult withdraws their support.

China

Bahaha stefano keep em coming

So I should be happy enough that my club shafts it’s season ticket holders because I’m not one of them?

How the fuck do you even….????

Are you actually for real?

You literally have to be trolling, because this shit is far too blatant to be an actual opinion

grooveydaddy

To be fair, a lot of people withdrew their support, namely the match-going fans.

Were they right or wrong to do this?

Champagne charlie

Dissenter

I don’t care what quips are made, but you can’t be taken seriously if you’re crying to Pedro about this place being a playground during an international break when you’re out here playing bulldog.

China

Lol a mature adult let’s their club treat them like a cunt is it?

Are you slow or something?

Leedsgunner

“Your club is your club no matter what happens. Its unconditional through the good and the bad…” I have to agree with this… that’s why I could never bring myself to wish Arsenal to lose… even with Wenger in charge. As soon as they crossed the while line I wanted them to win. However to me, outside the game, off the field, this does not that mean you can’t criticise the club if you think it could be run better. Speaking personally, because I loved the club I wanted the best for the club, that’s why I wanted Wenger out.… Read more »

Valentin

Can we stop with the so called combination Lacazette/PEA, it is clear that Emery will not play those two together for most of the games. PEA will Be the super sub attacking tiring defenses. He will be specially effective when we are already leading and the opposition is trying to get back into the game or when they are totally demoralised. Clearly Lacazette is the superior striker. He is lethal, but he is also constantly bharassing defenders and defensive midfielders. I have lost count the number of times he dispossessed the opposition. However, Yes it was a big victory, but… Read more »

UTarse

Loves the word “quip” doesn’t he ?!

Dissenter

How could anyone watch that May 31, 2018 club video of Gazidis the snake and Wenger spewing lie after lie and still profess a “love” of Arsenal? If love is hanging unto your spouse as she screws your friends standing on a queue then that’s your choice. I call that video a hostage video. Arsenal was hostage to a lying CEO (who stated that there was no better manager on the planet) and a once-great man who believed he was bigger than the club. I still cringe when I hear him say he was taking the club to “a new… Read more »

Ivan

Any class that was there left ManU with SAF. Mou instigates this media war, and board just lowered thier lever to his and did the same thing. Surley they had private conversations. I bet self proclaimed special one is no good listener for critique driven conversations unless he is the one who isnt on the reciving end. This tug od war will take a lot of collateral. Board trying to save face for flushing money and bringing Mou onboard (especially while its known that SAF whas against it). And on another hand Mou who is on beserk mode alienating, picking… Read more »

Champagne charlie

“To be fair, a lot of people withdrew their support, namely the match-going fans.“ This isn’t equitable. Those guys withdrew their money from the club which is entirely their choice not to be financially burdened by something they oppose. I very much doubt they swapped their tickets for QPR. China, Michael24 et al are talking about supporting other clubs in place of Arsenal, and this is where support is really questionable. You can disagree, or even detest how a club is being run by certain individuals but Arsenal is an institution and as such its not the people you’re ever… Read more »

Bob N16

Namesake Bob, what is it with you?

Your only agenda appears to be the highlighting of inadequacies of English players. What’s that all about? I am genuinely interested.

Should you be taking issue with the quality of grass roots coaching, ‘too many foreigners taking our jobs’ etc?

TheBlaster

Club membership is not free. Season tickets are amongst the most expensive in the land. Of course you have the absolute right to keep your money in the bank and just watch match of the day if the club keeps repeatedly ignoring fans. When Wenger came up against Guardiola’s Barca, you saw that there was another level to which he wasn’t going to rise without some change. Talented players heavily coached vs talented players left pretty much to figure things out themselves. It wasn’t a time for dogmatism, but that’s how it panned out. Barca taught pressing and transitions and… Read more »

TheBlaster

using

Marko

Charlie considering the amount of arguments we’ve had about transfer windows in the past under Wenger usually me complaining about yet another failed window under Arsene you saying stuff like great start to the window let’s see how it ends and then when it ends poorly making some sort of an excuse for it and pretending that it’s enough it’s a bit hypothetical of you to say we’ve had a poor summer transfer window and that we should have done more I mean I partly agree but you weren’t really that critical in summers past. I would say that under… Read more »

raptora

I didn’t watch Valencia – Barcelona yesterday but I saw that Gabriel got an 8 for his performance. Mental that he has been a starter for a pretty decent Valencia side and he was a mental wreck for us. Wonder if Emery would have gotten the best out of him.

Vermaelen started for Barca also. Mental that this is his 5-th year there and he’s only managed to play in 27 La Liga games and 44 in total. One of the best decisions we’ve taken is selling him when we did.

Leedsgunner

Champagne I think we’re going to same place in that we both agree January is important. I think you see it as important because the glass was filled half empty in the summer… and I see it as half full and a good start. Fair dues! Yes, I agree Welbeck and Ramsey’s contracts should have been sorted btu hopefully we’ve learned from that and we will sort out Auba, Lacazette and Iwobi’s contract will be extended before crisis point. Although by the time Auba has to renew I would hope Nketiah is firmly estabilshed in the first team and keeping… Read more »

Bob N16

CC, I tend to agree with you. If you lose interest in supporting your team due to being unhappy with the football they’re playing, too much money being paid to players, too high prices…whatever….that’s fair enough. However supporting another team….don’t know how that is emotionally possible.

Having said that, I know a couple of people who have started supporting Clapton as they love the ‘old school’ atmosphere and involvement.

Bob N16

Raptora, interesting point you make about Gabriel. I suspect he would have preferred Emery’s style of management although I think being in Spain may well bring out the best in him.

Marko

China, Michael24 et al are talking about supporting other clubs in place of Arsenal, and this is where support is really questionable

Did China say that? And I always thought Michael said that more tongue in cheek than anything. I mean he talked about supporting Fulham in the championship over Arsenal seems like a piss take

Bob

Yep just checked not a single Englis player In the 2018 Ballon d’Or nominees. Lol

N5

Fully agree CC

Marko

*not hypothetical hypocritical

Leedsgunner

Balon d’Or has become meaningless. It’s a closed shop and a shop window for Barca and Real Madrid to flog their players. If you’re lucky, Bayern and Juventus might feature but it’s become predictable and boring.

Marko

Mental that he has been a starter for a pretty decent Valencia side and he was a mental wreck for us.

Was more of a case of not being given the opportunity. Arsene had his favourites and that was that

Bob N16

Bob, you’re obsessed…..

Bob N16

Not sure that was true about Gabriel Marko, although maybe that was your way of engineering yet another criticism of the old manager.

Playing to your crowd?

To me Gabriel looked like he was uncomfortable in England, a fish out of water. I think you could tell by his hairstyle!

PessimisticPat

CC I havent read any claims of switching teams, only that of withdrawing support. In terms of money i havent given the club any support for 5 years until this season. If that makes me less of a supporter according to pitcunt then so be it, but i was fucking loathed to give that yank and that french fraud another penny when i could see we were fucked. My brother stopped going once we sold fabregas and nasri. I stuck it another 2 years but then gazidis did it for me when he said we will be competing with bayern.… Read more »

raptora

“My cunt brother pulled out of a family get together cause he was “ill” and fuckin watched the game in the pub”

roflmao

#worth

Redtruth

Those wishing Arsenal to lose had the best interests of the club at heart.

Those who stood idly by damaged the club immensely.

Marko

Not sure that was true about Gabriel Marko, although maybe that was your way of engineering yet another criticism of the old manager.Playing to your crowd? I could say of course you’d say something like that you’re one of those types who deflect criticism or blame from the previous manager and who don’t like it when the conversation veers towards him and would love nothing better than to completely forget him because it brings up uncomfortable conversations for you one where you might have to admit things about him. Gabriel Paulista much like Lucas Perez recently and others in the… Read more »

Marko

Johan Djourou 10 years at Arsenal 140 appearences. Senderos 7 years 116 appearences. Gabriel 2 and a half years 64 appearences

Stefano14

China

Deflect all you want. You’re the child that stopped supporting the arsenal when you didn’t like what was happening.

I’m not talking about stopping going to matches, giving up your season ticket or buying merchandise which is financial support.

I’m taking about your pathetic line of I’m not supporting arsenal ie changing clubs like a little fucking baby.

So you’ve sacked off Tianjin whatever the fuck they’re called for the arsenal again. Wonder who you’ll follow when Unai has a tough period cunt?

raptora

Some of the Ballon d’Or nominees are imo laughable.

Courtois, Alisson, Benzema?!?!, Firmino, Cavani…

raptora

Benzema scored 10 goals in 41 games last season. Is that the standard?! Jokesters.

Bob N16

Marko, I was almost as frustrated with Wenger as you. I have never hated him though. You refuse to accept that this is not a binary situation. It’s almost as though it’s simpler for you to only consider the discussion as ‘black or white’ . You appear to find it impossible to acknowledge that there are a lot of supporters like myself who respect Wenger but who feel he went off the rails badly in his last, say 7 years and was long overdue to leave. What I find worthy of criticism is the boring, repetition that Wenger should be… Read more »

Bob N16

Marko,

By the way your ‘statistics quoting’ just shows how well you can copy and paste and doesn’t further your argument in any way at all. But crack on if it amuses you…

un na naai

Honest question….Would anyone have preferred wenger to have NEVER managed arsenal at all?

That 1996 we’d have had David pleat or someone else take over from Bruce Rioch

Bob N16

Raptora, Benzema, I think that’s called the RM bias!

Bob N16

Unnanaai….throwing the hook out with a tasty worm!

un na naai

Raptora

That’s because the standards of the modern footballer has dropped

The pool of genuine world class players has diminished significantly since 1998

raptora

Just give the top 10 or top 5 even in the list or something. These shortlists are laughable. Day and night between the bests in the season and players with average seasons being put in the same category. It’s disrespectful to the actual stars of last football year, namely Salah, Ronaldo and Modric. Not sure if I’m missing someone.

S Asoa

ALL NORMAL GOONERS
Looks like there are quite a few cockroaches out of the woodwork today.
Their unsolicited provocation are just attention -seeking methods to attract attention to their shitty arses.
JUST IGNORE THESE ARSEHOLES
they just phishing for attention and to be relevant.
IGNORE. DON’T REPLY

HighburyLegend

“Some of the Ballon d’Or nominees are imo laughable.”

They must complete the list by one way or the other.
lol

China

I talked about supporting Tianjin TEDA (I go when I occasionally get the chance and support them as my current local team) and Bristol Manorfarm, my original local club who I’ve always had a soft spot for

Not exactly switching arsenal to Chelsea is it? Not that I care in the slightest if that would somehow upset people

VicVic

‘ China, Michael24 et al are talking about supporting other
clubs in place of Arsenal, and this is where support is really
questionable. ‘

No, that obviously makes them super fans!

Those guys you mentioned are super fans, they can choose when to support the club or not, and supporting another team if the going gets tough at Arsenal makes them all the more super.

China

Un an that’s actually a legit question

Honestly I’d probably rather he did manage us because those early years were incredible but I wish I could do it all again, then fall asleep the second we lost cesc and wake up again this summer

raptora

HL
“They must complete the list by one way or the other.”

I know but how do you shortlist
Benzema – 10 goals in 41 games, 7.10 score in whoscored and 1 MotM,
next to Ronaldo with 41 goals in 40 games, 8.03 score and 11 MotM.

It makes the whole thing look bad.

Steveyg87

The Ramsey goal did nothing to change my opinion regarding him leaving. We don’t need hollywood anymore, pragmatism is the order of the day for this team.

China

These player award lists are basically always nonsense

It’s usually players as much picked on reputation as it is performance and has been since forever

David Beckham came second one year I think in one of these. He was an excellent crosser of the ball and a good free kick taker, but if he had a face like ribery and a beer gut like Ronaldo he’d have never come second.

I must admit I’ve come to respect beckham’s Ability much more in recent years but he was overrated tho

VicVic

‘Those wishing Arsenal to lose had the best interests of the club
at heart.’

Ah, yes, yes, those wanting them to win are the real enemies!

HighburyLegend

“It makes the whole thing look bad.”

Like almost every year.

Marko

It’s almost as though it’s simpler for you to only consider the discussion as ‘black or white’ Right back at ya you equate justfied criticism to hate like some sort of a child. By the way your ‘statistics quoting’ just shows how well you can copy and paste and doesn’t further your argument in any way at all. But crack on if it amuses you… It shows he gave up on Gabriel after 2 and a half seasons but for some reason kept on Djourou and Senderos for 10 and 7 years if that isn’t favouritism I don’t know what… Read more »

Marko

Honest question….Would anyone have preferred wenger to have NEVER managed arsenal at all?

No but I think a lot of us would have preferred if he fucked off a lot sooner. I personally think after the FA Cup win against Hull or Villa think it was Hull he should have been binned that summer Klopp and Ancellotti were available

Champagne Charlie

Pat

You’re fully vindicated in withdrawing any monies put into the club don’t get me wrong.

But you didn’t suddenly become a hammer lol

Caught the second half and liked what I saw. Holding has always been my pick between the young guys, his mentality is elite. Chambers is so done with us it’s weird

Dissenter

To answer Una na’s legit question. I’m glad Wenger managed Arsenal. He was class personified, an innovator and a ruthless driver of success in his first 10-12 yrs. He deserves all the praise in the game for those years. The 2008-2012 years (+/-2) are gray areas for me. I wanted him to go out on a bloody well spend al the money given to him to succeed. I wish he had left after the 2013 FA cup final. Everything after that was the worst of Wenger. Even Wenger knows that he overstayed his welcome. Wenger represents a lot more than… Read more »

China

We had djourou and senderos for a combined 17 years? Jesus I’d have guessed it more like a combined 10

Richard

I really struggle with the Wenger talk. 99.9% of fans agree that his first 10 years were magic. There is disagreement on his last 10 years. Either way he has left the club, and it is now history. what is done is done. We are winning. The players look happy. We are above the spuds. We are two points from top of the table. Why the feck are we arguing. Let’s spend time talking about how well we played in the 2nd half. How strong Torreira is. How great Guendozi looks. How Lacazette and Aubam look well up for it… Read more »

kc

Well said Dick.